Category: People
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Rodeo Rider | Coulee City, WA | May 2019 Not sure what makes a young man ease onto the back of a bronc or bull. It’s not a natural act; even cowboys should avoid bone-crushing brutes. But I like observing the get-ready routines — fitting of gloves, adjustment of ropes, setting of hat just so…
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Umbrella | Wenatchee, WA | May 2019 Some consider the umbrella a sign of weakness, particularly in the drippy Pacific Northwest. (“Rain? What rain?”) But I own several. Being damp or sun-scorched (as in photo) isn’t my idea of paradise. Plus, I consider the umbrella a boundary-setting device, especially on city streets. It establishes a
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Ice Fisher | Coulee City, WA | March 2019 What drives someone to hack a hole in a foot of ice, drop in a fishing line and perch for hours in sub-freezing temperatures? Sport? Nature? Hunger? One online columnist claims it’s an appreciation of winter itself — silence, solitude, and simplicity. Surroundings are reduced, he…
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Shirt | Wenatchee, WA | February 2019 Shirt wrinkles tell a story, she says. The folds are determined by the fabric’s quality, the stresses in a man’s day, how he sits and
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